May 04, 2013

Contaminated Native land in Radiance

By Meredith ShamburgerA new show at the Axial Theatre in Pleasantville focuses on contamination of Native American land by the Los Alamos National Lab.

“Radiance” by Howard Meyer opens Saturday, with a special reception at 7:30 p.m. It runs through May 19. A special “talk back” with Riverkeeper's Phillip Musegaas about the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant will follow on Sunday at 4 p.m.

The play is a fictional interpretation of real-life events. Obie-Award winning actor Chris McCann plays Billy Kountze, a nuclear engineer, in play. Christopher Grabowski, chair of the theater department at Vassar College, is directing.